verslagen1 wrote on 05/03/09 at 20:10:27:


Thanks Verslagen, just came across it in tech section thought it would make another nice addition.  

Are you saying they are asking $65 for a clutch cover gasket?  If so, you read something wrong or they got some wrong info showing on their website.

$14 at Westfieldsuzuki.com
$17.50 at bikebandit.com

I've been told that finding a U.S. vendor willing to send the parts via U.S. Postal Service (no customs clearance cost) can be a problem, and that parts send via UPS incur a hefty (maybe unnecessary) customs clearance cost.

diamond jim wrote on 05/04/09 at 05:48:22:


Jim, thanks but can read just fine. Probably my wording was a little confusing. Gasket was listed @ $14 but shipping for it (USPS) was going to be $65+ alone.

Still have not received a message back with other options.
Aiming for postal service if they'll swing it!
Better look aroung locally while I wait.
Going to be close to a "stealership" tomorrow, what do you think the odds are of them having one in stock?  

Thx Matt, and you were right none in stock but got him to get it added to the shipment and he says will be there tomorrow late morn when I roll in. $18.48 Canadian, had him toss a couple oil filters on top of the order so I have on hand when needed.

Thx again to all. I will update and possibly add a couple pics when I pull the cover and investigate.

Update, 12000 miles, Tensioner 14.5 mm (1st check). Mobil1 15W50 after breakin. Clutchcover came off so smooth that I re-used the gasket which stayed on the cover. Just slackened the adjuster on the handle bar clutchlever, slipped out the clutch-cable so I did not have to undo it at lever on the cover. Exhaust chrome at head like new (no blue-ing which is an indication of too lean a mixture)

Many online dealers really stick it to Canadian buyers and 99% of the time their shipping charges are crap. I was going to buy a Trapp from an East coast dealer until he told me shipping to my Canadian address was going to cost $75 US - USPS. I told the guy to keep it. I went with another dealer in California. Got the muffler for $40 less and shipping was only $32.00 - USPS air.

As we speak there's an ebay dealer who wants $60 for a set of friction plates and $60 to mail them to a US or Canadian address. The dealer's in Connecticut. He could probably stick them in a padded envelope and drop them in a mail box for $5 including the cost of the envelope.

I think that most places giving high shipping rates for parts like gaskets may be sticking it to the buyer. Canadian Post is a good system and  pretty cheap for first class mail. I have a lot of experience receiving parcels from Canada, and looking at the stamp, shipping rates seem to be around $US15 to $20.00 for a 2-3 pound box via Express Mail. Now, through ebay I've only shipped to Canada a couple of times and even a camera lens was around $20 (depends of course what part of Canada.) Buyers receive them fast enough also. It only requires a few minutes of my time to fill out the proper paperwork which I keep right here in my home office. Add $5 for my time and the 4 block walk to the post office.

When my Son was attending University in Glasgow, Scotland, I shipped stuff to him all the time. I remember sending him a pretty heavy full length wool coat in a pretty big box. It was only $40, and that was from the States across the pond.

What you're shipping would depend on how much you sweat I guess. An expensive part is more of a headache, and of course if the seller is a legit company here in the States, they would have to be honest about the contents IE: pax taxes customs charges for the contents, but, that's something the buyer has to pay, not the seller. Most companies will not do the "personal gift" thing.

There are countries/continents that I will not ship to. A few examples would be anywhere in Central America, Asia, Eastern Europe or the Middle East. Actually, there are only a few of them that I will ship to.